Andrea Isabel Repetto Lisboa (born 20 May 1969) is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

an economist. She currently has a teaching position at the

Adolfo Ibáñez University The Adolfo Ibáñez University () (UAI) is a private research university in Santiago, Chile associated with the Adolfo Ibáñez Foundation. In 1988, in accordance with new educational legislation, a university was founded based on the Valparaiso ...

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. She holds a PhD in economics from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

, a master's degree in economics from the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC Chile; ) is a traditional private university based in Santiago, Chile. It is one of the thirteen Catholic universities existing in Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical univ ...

and an undergraduate degree in commercial engineering from the same university. Repetto is a professor, researcher and director of the Master in Economics and Public Policy program in the School of Government at the Adolfo Ibáñez University. Her recent research is based on economics and psychology, with application to credit and savings of household, and economics of education. She is a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Labor and Social Equity and chairwoman of the Commission of Users of Unemployment Insurance. She was the coordinator of the Subcommittee on Labor Market and Labor Policy at the Presidential Advisory Council of Labor and Social Equity. Repetto has been an academic fellow at the Center for Applied Economics of the industrial engineering department at the

University of Chile The University of Chile () is a public university, public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

; as well as director of the Master of Applied Economics at the University of Chile and elected director of the society of economists of Chile, and a visiting fellow at the

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. Repetto is also a member of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association's executive committee.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Repetto, Andrea 1969 births 20th-century Chilean economists Living people MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences alumni Academics from Santiago, Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Academic staff of the University of Chile Academic staff of Adolfo Ibáñez University 21st-century Chilean economists